The Sun. — London, England, 1826-12-08 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF TIM PUBLIC JOURNALS. It is quite disgusting to read in the French Papers Pe, accounts of the "- professions of neutrality" towards Portugal, put forth by Ferdinand and his Camarilla, not merely while they were preparing an expedition of Portu guese rebels against the Citivernment and Constitution of that comitty, burnow, after the invasion has actually been executed, and has, by the progress of, the rebel troops upon their native territory, to a certain point succeeded. Now, we repeat, Ferdinand issues a decree for removing the Portuguese deserters 60 leagues from the frontier. ,What deserters ? There are none left to be removed; thcy hevoUll, with the help of .the Spanish Government, moved off already in the opposi te direction to that which the decree of Ferdinand marks out for them—they have completed the act of hostility—they have crossed the line •in military array, end are again in Portugal. • No deserters need henceforth be looked for in -Spain, - . since they have only'to join their own rebel ranks within the Portuguese irnfitier, and with tongue • in cheek, follow the example of. the Court of Madrid in, mocking ,the credulous weakness of us English simpletons. Who ever doubted the rea- Ainestiof the Spanish Court to sign and publish declare tit* 'of neutrality, without end? Of course they, would invade Portugal, as they have done, first, and next swear that they would not do so. That is •to say, they would commit the offence, and then take every pos sible means of sheltering themselves front punishment.— If • -our Ministers permit Ferdinand thus to make idiots of them, all we • can say is, that they utterly dis grace their Sovereign and the country. The Spanish Government, directed by France,' esteem formal assuran ces but as cheap' and easy means of duping all who listen to them. Is it not provoking, therefore, to hear certain journals allege it for a certainty, that " the Spanish Go vernment is alarmed at what has been done—viz : its own attack on Portugal--"and anxious to repair it ?"- - There never was a . more treacherous misrepresentation uttered. The Spanish Government is anxious for nothing --• but for the overthrow of freedom in Portugal, and the permanence of monkish tyranny in Spain ; but the pur 'pose of throe falsehoods is clear enough. There is a party who would fain persuade thepeople of England that Spain and Frence are clear` of this outrage upon Portugal, and that (as the next step of the imposture) England is not bound : to interfere by arms for her defence.. But this will not. hoodwink the nation, nor even the more believing Parliament. The attack has been made; Spain has made War upon our ally ; and let not the English Ministers de ceive themselves by imagining that remonstrances, or me naces, or any form of words, will now deter the two Houses of Bourbon from persisting' in it. The French and Spanish Governments know better than most others the real value of professions as contrasted with actions.— They can swear and forswear,---avow and disavow— beseech and cajole—and bully, ter), upon occasion ; and they are ever ready to laugh. at those who attach • importance to any thing but their deeds. When the • English Government imitates them by remonstrating, threatening, and other 'modes of speech, the merest settl lion in a Foreign Minister's establishment treats it as so much empty sound, and considers it a matter of course that the English negociators, when they talk most, are least deserving of attention. If, then, Mr. Canning (anti we are not disposed to doubt his word) wishes really for eventual peace, let him strike, not threaten. As we have long since told the Right Hon. Gentleman the nation is with him, asd will not leave him iu the lurch, let him send four or five battalions of Englishmen, and a dozen guns, to Lisbon; then width whether the whole of the Peninsula will not eeho'the beat of the British drum—" to arms." Mr. Canning has ftir a day or two past been labouring under a , severe cold; but if the Right Hon. Gentleman be well' enough 'to go aowit this evening to the House 'of Com.' mons, it is expected that he will explain distinctly to the House, the position in which Great Britain hos been placed by the commencement of hostilities on the part of Ferdinand against Portugal, and the measures, no doubt already prepared, for repelling by force this um , gime' attack upon our ally. Mr. Cunning had better look well to his expressions, that there be no tripping, no eva sion, no unmanly pulling backwards out of solemn engage. matte to a friend in the•hour of need.--Times. Our friend, the worth . ) , Alderman is more brilliant and profound eveii time he rises to address the House. Last night he assumed all the dignity of a Statesman. " I have endeavoured," said he, " to make myself acquainted with the Constitution of the country, and, in particular, of the Howie of Commons." Is it even so ? Then, the Right Hon. the Speaker may retire when, he pleases. The wor thy Aldermen has been qualifying himself for the Chair, in his intervals of learned leisure, from the fatigues of the eounter. But it is not the precedents and practice of the House of Commons alone that have occupied his stupen dons mind. His researches have embraced the theory and principles of the Constitution itself; and, if we are not me-informed, he is now preparing a new edition of De Lolme r s work, with notes and illustrations. We dwell upon these 'circumstances, because we think they tend to raise him 'tithe opinion of the House, and check that dis position tolaugh when speaking which manifested itselflast night. Why, too, should he be treated so cavalierly, that when he moved an amendment, not one could be found to second it? Where, was Mr. Alderman Wood ? Where the Other Representatives of the City ? The worthy . Al dermen should lose no time in providing himself with a seeitider ; for, as we doubt not, he will have various mo tions of otinite importance to submit in the course of the Session * finw lamentable it would be if they sliould all prove still-born. Mr. Martin, also, whose humanity we thought was indispntable, had the cruelty 'to attack the worthy Alderman's ca cophony, and ridicule his redicule. "these things must not be. A patriot, a statesman, an embryo Speaker, and an alderman to boot, must not be assailed like an ordinary man.—Yeau *Judging from the tune of acrimonius contempt which the' ministerial papers have indulged in towaids Mr. Waithinan, we might be justified in inferring that, taking their cue from.their employers, the Alderman is likely to meet, not only with little or no support, bnt every possi ble degree of hindrance anti opposition, in the prosecution of the praiseworthy but troublesome and invidious task which he has undertaken. We rather suspect, however, that the papers in question have been somewhat prema ture.in the line which they have thus taken; and that they will be told to he a Hale more moderate in , the avowal of their s entinteuts, however sincere we have no doubt they , are. The greater part of the present Ministers, at least, know the value of public opinion too welt to risk it in the defence of the nefarious bubbles which Mr. Waithman has so successfully exPos --- the one bend, aa great love towards the iirorthy'A;l - and are amm ! , if they could, to screen their adherents from the attacks of such an assailant, they are, on the other, too well aware of what the general feeling throughout the country is upon the subject, to hazard the chance of being themselves in any degree identified with a system ',which has excited such just and wenend indigna tion. If ,we have any fault to find with M r . waithman , s stateme n t , u p on t h e o ccasion, it is that they of eirse somewhat too general and swe e p in g a nature. not true i certainly, that the whole of the schemes to w hi c h the bubble era gave birth, were bottomed in fraud and de. caption, or that Joint Stock Companies must of necessi t y be vicious ; but , we believe that the proportion of them - which were so, was so great as almost to justify the sweeping censure of the Alderman ; and that there is, in fart, very little pure ore which can be picked out of the hapa of dross with which it lies blended. We are not sorry that the inquiry is, in the first instance, confined to one only of these precious schemes. A specific object afford , a chance of a specific and early exposure; while, in the wide range at first intended, one bubble would pro bably have been made to mistily another, till the Commit , tee, tired tint with this endless Investigation, would, in the tad, have e,ollie to no practi ca l resu l t ; but, though the first inquiry:is thus circumscribed, we are confident that the matter cannot rest there;, and, li areu t e ,„ as the task may be which Mr. Waithman has undertaken, we feel a well grounded confidence that he will not shrink -from its com plete and entire developement. We think, however, that Ins labours, and those of Parliament, would be much sim plified and curtailed, if, instead of going into one or more Committees, without data to proceed upon, these schemers were called upon themselves to furnish the chief beads and particulars of each. We would strongly recommend, therefore, Mr. Waithman to move, that a return, within a given time, be made to the House, by the Secretary, So licitor, Directors, or other officers of such Joint-stock Scheme or, Company, established since the Ist of Janitary, 1824, of the plan mid nature of such Company, the sums intended to be raised, and the sums actually raised; the number of shares, how distributed or disposed of, the names of the Directors and all other officers, and what has become of the money so raised, with such other necessary particularS, as may occur to the Worthy Alderman in framing such a motion. The returns to this motion, coloured and distorted as probably the greater part of them would be, would furnish the most valuable materials for further inquiry; and even the very deception which they would some of them contain, would furnish no small• share of evidence towards the discovery of the truth.---Morning Herald. WATERLOO BRIDGE COMPANY. NEW LOTTERY SPECULATION. There wee a General Meeting of the Proprietors of the Waterloo Bridge Company yesterday, at the Crown awl Anchor Tavern, Sir Jostett Vat= in the Chair. LAW INTELLIGENCE. CPVIIT OF KING'g BENCH, Pic. 7. STANLEY Y. KELLY. This*Ss an action by the plaintiff to recover fttina the defend ant 591., the amount of, a penalty alleged to have ben incurred. in consequence of his having acted as a Commissioner of . the Court of Requests for the district of the ToWer Hamlets, he not at that time being possessed of the qualification required by the 55th of Geo. M., viz. an annual income of 20/. real or personal property, and not being a resident householder within the pariah of St. Trinity, Minories. The Collector of the land and assessed taxes for the parish of St. George's, Minories, proved that previous to the sth of April last, the defendant's name stood in the witness's books as the au- Copier of a house in Cannon-street._ The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE inquired from Mr. Scarlett whe ther he had evidence to contradict that which had been pro duced for the defendant, that he had paid rent for a house in the parish of St. Trinity, Minories, at the time of his appoint ment ? _ _ Mr. Sc..saLETT.—No, my Lord ; but we say that be should, according to the provisions of the statute, have been a resident householder, and we have shown that prior to his appointment he was occupying a house in the parish of St. George. The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE.--lie might have been a householder in both parishes, you know. The plaintiff must be called.—Non suit entered accordingly. ItzvaicK V. TATTERIALT. AND ANOTHER. stances : The Report was read by the Chairman. It stated, that the tolls of the bridge, for the half-year ending August 23, amounted to 74861. 18s. 4d., being 4321. Ss. less than the receipts of the corresponding period of las year. This decrease the Report at tributed to the improVement of Westminster and Blackfriars Bridges, over which carts and drays could now safely pass. This Report was approved of, and adopted. The Auditor's Report was then read. It stated the items as _ follows: • Expenditure, exclusive of Interest £937,666 19 11 Expenditure and Interest on Shares and an nuities, at 8 per Cent. 122,083 4 0 £1,059,740 I I Per Contra. By Capital rained .£1,030,052 0 0 Gains Balance A Proprietor asked what had been done the 'Last six months, and what were the profits and the expenditure. He wished to see the items of the account. The SECILETAIIN said, the nerollllt9 Were always laid on the table at their meetings, but the particulars were not read. A Proprietor asked, if it were at present in the room; and, on the Secretarrs replying in the affirmative, it was moved and car ried that it be read. It was as follows : Report for the half-year ending the 23d of August, 1826. To amount of Tolls, from February 23 £7,496 l3 4 Interest received on Exchequer Bills 7l 19 7 Interest on 2,3881. Is. 2d. Reduced 3 per Cents 35 16 5 Bent of Arches and Vaults Total receipts 7,896 16 10 Per Contra. Fur Lighting the Bridges and their approaches 97 13 0 Wages of Six Collectors, llonsegate-keepers, and other Petty Officers Repairs, Materials, and Labour Taxes, Rates, and Tithes Rent of the Company's House Insurance of Company's Effects therein Salary of the Secretary and Assistant Clerk Use of a Room at the Crown and Anchor Tavern 1 5 0 Incidental expences, as Stationery, Advertising, Printing, Circulars, &c. - 1 5 '7 '7 Total expenditure £896 8 11 . nterest on Annttitiet, at 3s. in the pound, and on Bond, &c 6,984 16 0 .e 7,639 19 11 Leaving to be divided among the Shareholders Mr.. tlatt.taly asked, why the balance of 1,800/. in the first account, was to: be left as an interminable fond at interest, and not be applied to the payment of a dividend, The Secretary replied, that the sum out of which it grew was raised by the sale of borne of the vaults belonging to the Company, according to the provisions of the Act of Parliament. • Mr. Baat.►x wished to know if it was to go towards the pay ment of the Annuities, and for what period it was to remain sunk. rr Thl) SECRETA Iry replied, that h was to remain for 99 years. Mr. 11Aiwa-1f that he not a final answer, 1 kuow not whim Is.—(A laugh). Sir Joeevu Ynaire wished Mr. Millie to understand, that what he called " the locked-up fund," was so placed under the authority of the Act of Parliament, over which of course, they had no controul. Besides the interest was regularly carried to the credit of the Company, and it could not, he therefore consi dered a locked-up fund. The Auditor's . Report war then confirmed unanimously. A Proprietor asked if any application had been made to break up and Macadamize the Strand. It would be very advantageous to the tolls of the Bridge if such a step were taken ; as at present carriages could go from Blackfriar's-bridge to Westminster-bridge without once coming in contact with the stones. Mr. WATTS said, such a thing was contemplated iu the parish where he lived, but it had for the present been negatived. It was intended to widen the Strand all the way from Charing Cross • and he thought th e tim e f or th e a p p li ca ti on to P ar li ament from this Company would be then—(llear). Mr. BAILUIC asked, if the Committee contemplated any thing with regard to a lottery of the Bridge, such a measure had reached his ears in this room ? It was a matter of notoriety, that any one known to be a Proprietor of this concern was universally commis aerated, as a most unfortunate man.—(A laugh.) Sir Joserit Yonu said, no private gentleman *mild, for the sake of the amount of the tolls, give half a million of money for its purchase ; and as to the Government, though they had got a grant of 000,000/. to improve the metropolis, they were expend ing it all in triumphal arches at Hyde Park, and such things.— (Hear, and a laugh.)—They had spent their money in commemo rating the most splendid victory in the English annals ; and when they complained, they were laughed at, as a set of speculators, who thought to get 10 per cent. for their money, sod were properly rewarded with one.—(A laugh.)—with respect to the lottery spe culation, it had been bet afloat by those Gentlemen who were lately kicked out of Somerset House, and bad taken furnished lodgings in Craven-street, in the expectation of living a little longer, until the million of unclaimed lottery tickets, which they said were out standing, were applied for.—(Loud laughter.) The Solicitor to the Company explained the rumoured plan with regard to the lottery of Waterloo Bridge. It was certainly SS ridiculous a one as could be invented, and was too preposterous for Parliament once to entertain. The CHAIRMA N said, no inch pl,in had ever been even submit ted to the Committee, and its only existence was in the brains of some dace or four unemployed speculators. The meeting then proceeded to the election of four Members (it the Committee; after which, an adjournment took place. Mr. C. L. Buonaparte arrived at Liverpool on Mon, day, iu the Canada, from New York. _ . At the Public-office, airrningham, on Thursday, a woman, named Matilda Ron, was committed to the Quarter Sessions, charged with having on her , person 7,184 counterfeit shillings, with intent to utter the same. The base coin was found concealed in a number of pockets in a kind of belt, which was wrapped round her body under her stays, and supported by bands across her shoulders. It is supposed she was going to Ire land, for the purpaae of passing the counterfeits. She came from that country on Saturday, no doubt to lay iu a stock at the Bir mingham market. There are several other persons in custody at Birmingham, charged with disposing of forged bank-notes, coun terfeit sovereigne, and other base coin.—Derby Mercury. br'reHA .MUHDEIth.—The following particulars of W illiam Page, alias " Cobbler Will," are from an authentic !twee Pey, (not Page), which is his real name, was wrn in a Lying,ln__ Hospital, in London„ One year after his birth, his molter died, when he was taken by his grandfather to Pilcot, x v illage in Hampshire, near Odiham, Hartford Bridge. He was , sablle ,qturntlY, when arrived at proper years , apprenticed to suoentaxer ; dosing this period, according to the account of a relative, he broke open his grandfather's chest, and was in the constant habit of purloining every thing he could lay his hands = upon. Ile married at Wiliam, and, getting into distress by im proper conduct, his wife died in the workhouse there, about three y ears a go. Since that Period he his cohabited with Mary Ayres. Ile has a father, row living in Little Pye-street, Westmiutter, who, we believe, gets his living by selli ng f ru i t a b out t h e streets. This was an action to recover from the defendant 84/., re ceived in behalf of the plaintiff, under the following eireturi- In May last the plaintiff, Colonel Meyrick, sent a horse to the defendants' stables, to be sold by them by public auction, without, being- warranted. On the day of the sale Mr. Anderson, the horse-dealer, one of the bidders, publi c ly inquired of the de fendants if the horse was warranted, and was answered in the negative. The horse was then purChaied by Mr. Angerstein for 841. ; but was returned the following day, lame. Colonel Mey rick refused to take back the horokand gave the defendants notice not to return the price to Mr. Angerstein. Mr. A. gave them notice not to pay the money over to the plaintiff; but to return it to him, which they had done, Mr. Angerstein giving them an' indemnity. It was admitted for the defence, that no blame at tached to Messrs. Tattersall, who had not warranted the horse; but it was contended that Mr. Angerstein bad been induced to purchase the horse by the representation of a man employed by Colonel Meyrick to attend the horse, and who had represented him to be perfectly sound. The Loan Cnter JUIiTICZ stated that the representations of this man were not binding, unless it could be shown that he was authorized by Colonel Meyrick to sell the horse. The plaintiff I was therefore entitled to a verdict. £1,053,7 40 311 Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 94/. ADMIRALTY COURT, Dze. 7. THIC In this case the issue was of so complicated a nature, and the questions respecting the facts and the forms in the particular point before the Court were so involved, that we can render the subject intelligible only by giving a general outline of the case : The vessel, a French brig, laden with brandy, sunk on the Kentish coast ; the owners, after repeated efforts to raise the cargo, virtually abandoned it. The salvors, Messrs. Bell; who had contrived some machinery for raising sunken goods, offered to try to raise the cargo at their own risk and expence. They succeeded in raising nearly 200 puncheons of brandy, for which this Court awarded them, on the 7th of July last, two-thirds of the cargo saved, or the sum of 9,000/. issuing a decree and com mission of sale, in the natal form, grounded upon the Act 1 and 2 George- IV. c. 75. (altering and amending the Salvage Act of 12 Aun, st. 2. chap. IS.), which authorizes the sale, on be• half of the owners or salvors, of so niuch of the property saved as should be sufficient to. defray the salvage adjudged, and all expellees attending the same, as well as such other charges as should be allowed by the High Court of Admiralty; and em powers and requires the Commiesionere of the Customs and Excise, on production of a decree from the High Court of Admiralty, or of an award by Justices, to allow a sale of the goods free of duty. By the Act of 6 George IV. e. 105, which repealed upwards of 400 statutes, so much of the act of I and 2 Gen. IV. c. 75. was repealed, "as related to the sale of goods duty free to pay the expellees of salvage and other charges ;" and by an act which passed the same day (c. 107) the clause was re enacted in another form, namely, that "it shall be lawful for the owner, or salvor, of any property liable to payment of duty saved from sea, and in respect of which any sum shall have been awarded under any law at the time in fierce, or in respect of which any sum shall have been paid, or agreed to be paid, by the owner thereof or his agent, the salvors- to defray salvage, to sell so much of the property so saved as will suffice to defray the sal vage so awarded, or such other sum so paid, or agreed to be Maid; that upon production of such award to the Commis sioners of the Customs, they are empowered and required to allow a sale of such property, free from duty, to the amount of such stuns so awarded, or to 'the amount of such other sum as to the Commissioners shall seem just and reasonable; provided always, that if the owner or salvor shall be dissatisfied with any determination of the Commissioners as to, the amount of such property to be sold, duty free, such owner or salvor may refer such determination to the judgment and re vision of the High Court of Admiralty." This act, which is entitled "An Act for the General Regulation of the Cus toms," came into operation two days only before the decree of the Court in this case was pronounced, (namely, on the 6th July); and as the clause just quoted is the only one, out of 144, which refers to the subject of salvage, or to the jurisdiction of the Court of Admiralty, this alteration of the law entirely escaped the know ledge of the Court and its officers. When the decree and commis sion were presented to the Customs, the Commissioners demurred thereto, alleging that the Act under which the commission was issued had been repealed, and that they bad ao authority to direct a sale of the property to a greater extent than would answer the amount of goods saved, exclusive the amount of the duty ; and that they were not empowered by law to sell any part to defray expenses. Application was consequently made last Court-day, for a monition to the Commissioners, with a view of enforcing the decree of the Court. Dr. Pulta.tstoar, on the part of the salvors, was proceeding to support the motion for a monition, and to state the hardship of the salvors in being met by technical objections, when The Ktwo's ADVOCATE,_ on behalf of the Board of Customs, interposed, observing that his Learned Friend was premature in his course of proceeding ; he (the King's Advo ca t e ) requ i re d t h at the act of petition should be first read, and that be should have a prior bearing. The documents were then read. The KlNtes ADVOCATE then proceeded at considerable length to defend the Commissioners from the charge of obstructing the process of the Court, and from any suspicion of wishing to com mit injustice. The Admiralty Advocate (Dr. AmNot.o) followed on the same side. . Dr. PHILLIMORE contended, that the repealing act had taken the parties by surprise, for no man could have expected to find, in a customs act, matters trenching on the jurisdiction of the Admiralty. The diligence and skill of the salvors were universally praised ; at the admiralty and at the Tkeitsury great encomia were passed upon them ; yet they were actually SOO/. out of pocket, and if the Treasury did not wave thalschnical objections (as they doubtless would do up on an i nt i mat i on f rom t hi s C ourt ), the partieswould be ruined. Dr. Lustriticrox observed, that according to the argument of the King's Advocate, no more than the simple value of the brandy could be given to the salvors in this case. Therefore it would follow, that though the Court bad adjudged them deserving of 9,000/, yet, if all the property were given them, it would pro duce only 2,0004, which would not defray the expellees. He could ask the Court to decide nothing; relief, lie supposed, must be had from the Treasury. Lord Srowitt.t. here observed that he would strongly advise an application to that quarter. The case stands over till next Monday se'nnight. INSOLVENT DEB'T'ORS' COURT, Dec. 7. IN Tint MATTER OF COLONEL GEORGE AUGUSTUE 1.01 0 4 A INSOLVENT DEBTOR. Yesterday Mr. Comm moved for a rule to be served upon the above-named insolvent, for hint to show cause why he should not be brought up before the Court to be reexamined touching his estate and effects, and also, why in the mean time, his discharge should not be stayed. The insolvent was last before the Court on the Bth of June, in the present year, when he was remanded for eight calendar months, from the date of his petition, at the suit of Mr. S. Co; a horse-dealer in Stamford street, for having by fraudulent representations contracted a debt of 80 guineas with Mr. Coo said, that he grounded his application upon seve ral affidavits, which related to a recent discovery made, sad sn of wiohicheexociiistetidleraattie property strong suspicion th nth e imattthe o e insolvent discharge.veiotwasinossez, the term of the iusolvent's imprisonment had nearly expired, lie (Mr. Cook) trusted that the Court would also grant a rule to stay the discharge. Mr. Commissioner Hamm said, that with regard to the 'dis charge being stayed, the (;curt could not interfere, because they had already directed an order to the keeper of the prison to dis charge the insolvent at the expiration of a given period. The Court however, would entertain the other part Of the application, and grant a rule ids/. The insolvent's counsel will show cause against the rule on Monday next. Phillis Crawley, aged 60, was brought up to be heard on her petition. She was opposed by Mr. Heath on behalf of two cre ditors named Eldridge and Chillman. Insolvent, cross-examined by Mr. Ha►Ta—Was arrested by Mr. Eldridge on she 4th of May ; she had assigned all her pro. perty to her sons, William and John, two days before she put in bail to Mr. Eldridge's suit, and was ;hen arrested by her son,— Mr. Burt, at Ryegate, was her solicitor ; the property she made over to her sons was worth 4001. ; she did not think they would give it up to her creditors ; she had no thought of going toirison when this was done. By Mr. Consca,ther Counsel—Her husband has been dead four years ; her sons had carried on the business both before and after his death, and had nothing for it. She was a farmer, a shop keeper, end a wheelwright, at Blechingly. Mr. Eldridge had arrested her for 110/. ; she had paid him 40/. in cash, and he had had 30/. worth of goods; would have paid him all if he had given her time, but he would not; her sons had offered to settle it at Michaelmas—he would not wait, and arrested her. She could not have carried on the business without her sons. By Mr. MATH.—The 'debt due to Mr. Eldridge and his. Chilman was for building a house, which insolvent had now given to her sons. _ _ . By Mr. Coon.—He would have been paid if he had given her time ; insolvent had given him time and credit to the amount of 801.—(A laugh.) William Crawley, by Mr. Coor.—l am the youngest son of the insolvent. I have kept the shop ever since I left school, and never had any thing for it before the assignment. I made an offer to Mr. Eldridge, but he would not wait. Cross-examined, by Mr. Hamra.—l never acid that I would net pay a farthing, and when the old lady came hack, that I would set the Blechingly bells ringing. Mr. Burt has t i e deeds at pre sent. The brother corroborated this statement. ' • Mr. Coo' to Insolvent—You have not told me your motive for assigning the goods to your sons. Insolvent 7 —(with a great show of modesty)—lt was froin pure love and affection to my children ; and another thing, I was going to be married. _ This candid avowal, completely upset the gravity of the Court, who were for some minutes in a state of convulsion, but recovering their solemnity, they impressed on the sons the pro priety of settling the debt, and ordered it to stand over for a month. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, DEC. 7. NEW COURT. Thomas Phillip:, a very young man, was indicted for marrying Elizabeth Duncombe, his former wife, Ann Maria Viner, being yet alive. Mr. CLARKSON stated the case for the prosecution. Thomas Coulson knows•the prisoner at the bar, and is father-in-law to Ann Maria Viner, who was married to the prisoner, at St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, in January. Wit ness acted as " father" at the nuptials. Ann Maria Phillips, the first wife, is now in Court; the, paper pro duced is a certificate of the first marriage. 'Cross-examined by Mr. C. PittuiPs.—Witness obtain ed the certificate from Mr. Harmer's clerk ; does not know Elizabeth Duncombe, the second wife. Since the sepa• ration between the prisoner and his first wife, he has been living partly with her mother. . Since his marriage he has received a small portion. Sarah Booth knows Elizabeth Duncombe, who was married to the prisoner on Easter Monday, 1826, at Strat ford-le-bow; also knows Ann Maria Viner, the former wife. The prisoner said, that although he married Viner, she never acted with that prudence as a woman ought, or the separation would not have taken place. Mr. PHILLIPS called witnesses for the prisoner, one of whom stated, that owing to the misconduct of the first wife,•the prisoner once, - in a state of distraction, threw himself in the canal, and nearly lost his life; his first wife eloped from the prisoner. The COMMON SERGEANT summed up the evidence, and the Jury returned a verdict:of °lift, but strongly reco►u mended him to mercy. The COMMON SERGEANT stated that there were many .u►itigating cireimistances attending this case; for it ap peared, that instead of the prisoner forsaking his first wife, she eloped from him, and her conduct in other respects had been highly improper; while on the other hand it had been sworn. that the prisoner acted with humane attention to wards her. This was one of those cases where the offendei could not be justified, yet it never ought to have been brought into this Court at the instance of the first wife, who seemed to have been the original aggressor. The prisoner had been some time in confinement, therefore the Court would merely pass a nominal sentence—and that sentence was, that he pay 4 fine of one shilling and be discharged. The - first wife (Viner), a very young woman, sought her expenses, but she was refused; and the Common Sergeant told her she appeared to have been the worse character of the two. The proseeutrix made an 4. , laboiate appeal, but her soli citations were unregarded. WINTER ASSIZES. - HERTFORD, Dec. 7. 'The winter gaol delivery commenced here on Wednes day, before the Honourable Mr. Justice BAYLEY and the Honourable Mr. Justice GASELER. The calendar is un usually heavy for this County, there being nearly 50 pri soners for trial. Field Mr. Justi ce GASIELIE.) James Fie was indicted under Lord Ellenborough's Act, for maliciouily shooting at and wounding Charlotte, his wife, with a loaded pistol, at King's Walden, on the 13th of May, with intent to murder her. The piisoner, a shoemaker by trade, had married the prosecutrix (who was his second wife) about two .years lino. They had lived unhappily together; in April last he had been committed to the House of Correction, in consequence of having beaten her severely. On the morning of the 13th of May, he purchased a brace of poc ket pistols at Luton, in Bedfordshire, and at his request the shopkeeper loaded them with bullets, he finding the powder; he was also furnished with several other bullets. In the evening of the same day, he Went to King's Wal den, where his wife was then living with her mother. Seeing his wife in the garden, he spoke to her in kind tarms, and inquired after her health. She answered him in the same manner, He then presented s pistol at her head, and fired. The ball entered at the nose, and came out at one corner of the mouth. , He than ran into a neigh bouring wood. Two men who witnessed the transaction, shortly afterwards pursued him, when he voluntarily sur rendered, and gave up the pistols, both of which were loaded. The prisoner said nothing in his defence. Severai witnesses were called on his behalf, for the pur pose of proving that ha was of unsound mind. The Learned JUDGE summed up the case, and the Jury found the prisoner Guilty. Sentence of death was pronounced, and the Learned JUDGE told the prisoner that he must prepare to undergo the last extremity of the law. . .....---------„- „ T ., „. „.„, CURIOUS WEATHER GAOE.- loe /moan Phi losophical Journal contains a description of a weather-gage, for which a patent his lately been taken out by a gentleman named Donovan. This . ingenious instrument shows the number of cu bical and perpendicular inches of rain that fall during a given pe riod ; the precise hour, minute, day of the week, and of the month the e e eo n ni th in ey en t e ll tn , quickly and t a wil d e r th ess er at b i y ou tla o y f o ai r ln n w ig eee ht. ; w lt kil a e lso it po i nts i i . n ai ts ni o n u g t , or slowly, according to the force of the s a ho b w el e i r ringsood t h e gage also allows the day of the month, the day of t h e wee k, and the hour of the day. It registers the intensity w hether it rained fast or slow a t a ny part i cu l ar per i o d. It of the rain for the whole year, so that, by re f erence , i t ma y b e as certaineda separate account of rain for every hour, day, week, mouth, or year ; and s pontaneously separates the weekly accounts f r om each other every Saturday ni g ht, a t 12 o ' c l oc k, an d at th e sa me hour at the termination of every month, of whatever num ber of days it may consist. Many other services. are performed by this instrument, which is, undoubtedly, on e o f th e ,most curious tkmps and useful of the kiwi ever invented. MEETINGS OP CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY, MONDAY, Dsc. (At the Court of Commis:loners.) Hardern and Higginbotham, blascksfield, silk-throwetare-.OH I Kingeford, J., Fcncilurch-street, corn-factor—lo Dzczusza 12 Abraham, H., llounstlitrit, oilman-11 Alndo, J. de, Bank-buildings, merchant-11 Andrews, T., Soho-square, draper-10 Ash, S., Bermondsey, tanner-12 Barber, J., Henrietta-street, linen-draper--10 Bayley, W., Macclesfield, silk-throwster-12 Benham, W., Brighton, builder-11 Bentley, W., Holborn, draper-2 Bertram, M., Fhilpot-lane, soap-maker-11 Bishop, J., isle of Sheppy, farmer—lo Bowers, J., Spitalfields market, victualler-11 Bransby and Court, Sowerby, curriers-1 1 Clarke, C., Holborn-hill, druggist-11 Cleoleury, R., Cheapside, tailor-12 Cohen, J., Prescott-street, upholsterer-11 Coley and Brown, Broad-street, wine-merchants- 10 Cook, H., Clements inn, navy-agent---11 Cooper and Reader, Strood, Kent, woolstaplere--lx Crowther, W4Charles-street, Sliddlesez-Hosp• coach-maksr-4I Daniel, C., Think, Yorkshire, currier-11 Ellis, T., Blaekman-street, harness-maker-11 Fearnley, C., South Sea Chambers, merchant-1 0 Finch, R., Egham, grocer-9 Franklyn, W., Jermyn-street, tailor—l 2 Gibbs, E., Brighton, builder--11 • Allen and Co., Birmingham—Royal Hotel, COUNTRY DIARY, MONDAY, Dn. 11. Birw - ! ng b a m—il Bennett and Co., Kidderminster—White Hart,. Hartlebury--I I Billinge, J., St. Philip and Jacob, Glouceabirshireßuraer' Bristol-ISt Brown, .1. and .J., Newcastle-upon-Tyne--George,Newca•tit- upon-Tyne-11 Charleaworth, J., Halifax—White Lion, Halifax--1 2 Chriap, S., Peterborough--George and Augel, S tam ford --6 Coleman and WeHinge, Ludlow—Crown, Ludlow --1 Hadwen, J., Liverpool—George, Liverpoe l - 1 Heregir Trehern, T., Hereford—Greyhound, d-11 INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO Lon- Petitions to be heard at Port uga l- s treet, Lincoln i s -inn-i4", den, Dec.l2, at Nine. Ball, R., Mile-end-road, car p en t er Campbell, A., Pigle-end, Lieut. R.N. Davies, T., Rosemary-lane, baker Eastlake, S., Spa-fi e lds, tailor Hurst, W., Wilmot-lane, g reen - grocer Johnson, W., High-street, S ou th war k, hawker Jones, R ., Poplar, bricklayer BE DISCHARG ED. Lee, J.. Houndsditch, hatter Lee, 8., Houndaditch, hatter Levy, M., Newington, broker Nathan, S., Blackfriars-road, tailor Parlour, 1., Camden -town, mason Penßot., J., Wapping, victualler Prebble, J., Blackfriara-road, broker ilkwlintion, S., Harrow, builder THE MARKETS. SOUTHALL MARKET.—Dec. 6, r i a n t f h er e i r o l r inl qu it a T i l t , y, pr a bn ye s ry ni This day's supply of half-fat stock having been numerous , ,u''. hthraistko,fththaet of frsmt middling g y following prices per stone of Bibs. to sink the offalc-- - t N. pi. Bea -...,......«.... ilt. 4d. to 51,, Yd. I Veal ..:...,.......... + 4 4 . ' -I ' t Mutton .........«.—.. 3 4 4 6 Pork _ .4 0 gut. Beef and The foregoing quotations are, middling and inferior prune ton, with each kind of Veal, 4d., and Pork 2d. per stone lichee ~ flo e Beef 2d. per stone beyond, those of this clay'se'nniglit; in iffir"; ti r igere on no alteration. The whole, or nearly so, of the good , °;erior owl. sold; but a considerable number of those of middling and n± , ,„ I F r i . lity, and a good many Sheep, were sent brward f to IsMitlttidell,bry.,,,,,, klay'a market. On next Vs'eduesday will be exhi,bited th ''' .. supply, __-- eadutilexilaPleer,teLtil; p;hrerei:::witonasiatialiMenhAatmii,neerCeebtiroeeiugETlTEnspainutits:R:ll3ilfiOtittain,olertNi7rtioNotitot.fi.nisK:cothl:lbl i , t ,:. l .4l th er e : t , ra tpa , : LmiFnhoororeusw During hrroeud:ikatoiti to t g,na h ::(n i t:ii e dosryin w eek, the business . • .-._ .. ... •-• .• • j ,. and prim continue without any material alteration; the isv i transactions which have taken place, have been confined 1 to t" d. toi. d. tratisac: l ßbuu,tedis6ht. o et r udloo... t ai b tob ose a:vverd w yc.ff h jeai o gniteu.k pr it; u :se d a.tnsow e y n ,,_l t :r i l a : nisi l i : ::l,,lrliie c it o t i ,...sBb i t ti le i t i i e o ; oo4 ;: liotts pt iutw : e r i,oo, -, English, Old- . 9 6 lo 0 Vauta...on.;-----, Irish, w Red i -- 9 1 9 4 ....„....m __B eans ' ___.ss 0 id ° , lite.---. 9 0 V 9 English — Canada ßed--7 ....... 9 8 0 7 9 9 4 9 1619 PaenrdbFaareigrPoool° 0 0 . at 0 F o reign . BO 0 4 Dour, Vint Notts,.. -41 , s n 0 Barley 6011). ....... Yorksbire.ollo44 r ) '4B 0 Oats (451 b.) English and Scotch 8 4 181 -----JelSee°lFlorlitihndri li S s'''''''- i n v e ee -'- t ...t ° 1 4 1411 ' o °l' Weleh 4 8 4 9 ------- Sour..--IA u Forcia,n Per load of ?O. .., A ... —....--. 4 6 4 8 Irish, Kilmdried .-- 4 4ll Oatmeal Falglish&c. 4Y. , —Undritd 4 4 4 1 ------.'lrish....-.....g ' 0 3 4 Per lead oft; Ipl. bush 1. ..- - 0 0 ...• ,0 , 0 M4lt . Ntw •••••-....-.47 O e SO 0 Tares (Imp. $11%),."-",,0, ass. . - Old----43 0 46 0 Bran (broad) Of - -- Inferior .........38 0 43 0 WI ANC RESTER NEW At pet lb. sinl 3,4t7 • 3&d. to lti• 637 Cattle 3 SMITHFIELD.... Wiz the ad._ le' fi) 34 Pigs .•-**"'"'" • MANCHESTER POTATOE ARKET.--Dec.';,,d Pntalool. Od., Os. andd per load Is 0„,41 ,- „,, M Ad Carrots, 10s. di, lls. 6.1., 3s. per load of 12scorel and 73.0 d. per load of 16 packs ; Onions, 435. Oil., 4 6 . wl" load of 12 score. MANCHESTER YARN MA BEET -Dec. 5 ' i s ts , Il i a hrostle T.,,,„tit;_a. d. Mule Cop Wert, So - 13 1 40 .......... ipi 12 to 12i bit ..--- ) n it W.-- 13 14 so.---11 ill mule to _ Twist , 40... 19 R) 0 7U - --;" 3 2 1 r o 7 tbr Ist4 _. j 30.,..........121 131 100 ~.....- SO 31 40-..- 144 15i WO .----• It 10 59-..-..1"1i 19 60.....-21 2'21 Wirt fr Jul w atts , 10 ........ M 1 4 —"----------------- Ing C ie ß e A ur N es A . provincial paper states that Dr ! S tuiheito hse toto 1 Dot be Craziology I of recent number i GRAPHIC CURIOSITY. In X algei"on CPrilanßioElogPl4:,l67lQ)24: ::lidaL4e'li::: our journal, we took occasion to no d es a viirr g uri°' 6Pe'lln r,lb ‘g C he ingenuity of a Person who bad writtan the I'Grie ill:raw* , in the space of a silver penny; . teeds and the Ten Commandments, in tblllPell,!` ili-,:„il s o- Peet. Within the hot few days, however, Wl a t' ve u"-ny.,-; of gje.,vings which has been recently published hY ' lur. .1, - ; '- ' i rj eu" tinned, in which contains the whole of the matte" - le oisrg than 2,000 letters contained in this nail compass, Ye s ° A . a m' the Creed , the Lord'. Prayer, and the Tea Celowituu,Soar subjects. It in &larger hand thas the rest, al titles to the “. e j it, bjtcts. It contains also the nam • t who cuir ev e of the owl listi, A female, nearl allied to of our first Yocta . but whose name, unde r o n:-.... g o Ere forbeitf " the present cs,...mstan- )-- habsr• LW , mention, went some days since to the shop of a rctre.. p t able dasher in ' leasing Windsor, and purchased some traits arutics.....A, or lady in g e shop, suspicion having been previously ern'. osi, the time, but on Thursday } question was accused of secreting a roll of *D7 ',,,0 aid - loa event ! 1 she strenouely denied the charge, the disputed airlo•were lan) found' in her possession . N further )roccedige t ta k en at laot7:-.-813—::::::(*dt 3227 ' '11t(...„,,,'"4-'' itoi 1,1 her father's hous e, and underwent an examination, on d., theft, before the magistrate*, who, after some deliberstioisf“isi mitred the accused to bail, to ans wer the charge at the OW quarter sessions . —Ileadirsg .711ercury. theil t4llst db y°uwg,il,l'll at peprer, serhose*"oldo°f BIRTH. A On the '6tli inst. , at Hall House, Sun eY, the ' 4-1v ‘) Steere, Esq., of a son. On the 6th inst., at EdhilnAbußriglll,EDW.illui. Tote , l 'A'! Jo :1 t i t: l 4 ) it O cima Uki J r r t r tal y f , 6t t ht o he b iki i ni s sad tv t. , 7 , a. , _votEsusntrbiGitsiiisiu,e,gnitter of:hied latet:lsaj: in t he lo . Start, of Teffout, in the County of Wilts, to Louise, thir. l ;Jog of John Gurney, Esq., King's Counscl. On the Bth inst., at GroveDIED Hauer, Walthsrustow, Jan Rik"' Esqr. in his 84th pest'. johOnnethisevelristagi7Esqt., .stihnish=deallslyer.ly On the 6th Inst., Mr. Henry Woolsey Byrirld, of Cross, aged 79. ana' by A L YOUNG , at ib• Priated and Publi Nu, lie, Itsgabso.